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Decorative Arts


Mannerist, Early and Late Baroque, Rococo
A     Anderson, Mark J. "A Catalogue of American Easy Chairs." In American Furniture 1993, ed. Luke Beckerdite, pp. 212-34. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Chipstone Foundation, 1993. (NK 2405 A54)
B   Barquist, David L. "'The Honours of a Court' or 'the Severity of Virtue:' Household Furnishings and Cultural Aspirations in Philadelphia." In Shaping a National Culture: The Philadelphia Experience, 1750-1800, ed. Catherine E. Hutchins, pp. 313-333. Winterthur, DE: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1994. (F 158.44 .S48 1994)
    Beckerdite, Luke. "An Identity Crisis: Philadelphia and Baltimore Furniture Styles of the Mid Eighteenth Century." In Shaping a National Culture: The Philadelphia Experience, 1750-1800, ed. Catherine E. Hutchins, pp. 243-81. Winterthur, DE: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1994. (F 158.44 .S48 1994)
    Beckerdite, Luke. "Origins of the Rococo Style in New York Furniture and Interior Architecture." In American Furniture 1993, ed. Luke Beckerdite, pp. 15-37. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Chipstone Foundation, 1993. (NK 2405 A54)
    Boston Furniture of the Eighteenth Century. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1974. (NK 2438.B6)
C   Chippendale, Thomas. The Gentleman and Cabinetmaker's Director. 3d ed., London, 1794. Reprint. New York: Dover Publications, 1966. (NK 2542 .C5 A3 1957)
D   Downs, Joseph. American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. New York: Macmillan Co., 1952. (NK 2406 .H38 1952)
F   Fairbanks, Jonathan L. and Robert F. Trent, eds. New England Begins: The Seventeenth Century. 3 vols. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1982. (F 7 .N476 1982)
  Fairbanks, Jonathan L. et al. Paul Revere's Boston, 1735-1818. Boston: Dept. of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1975. (N 6535 B7 B77 1975) [esp. "Domestic Pursuits," pp. 77-87; "Entertainment," pp. 94-106.]
  Fales, Dean A., Jr. "Boston Japanned Furniture." In Boston Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, pp. 49-69. (NK 2438 .B6) [Classic article]
  Federehen, Deborah Anne. "Politics and Style: An Analysis of the Patrons and Products of Jonathan Gostelowe and Thomas Affleck." In Shaping a National Culture: The Philadelphia Experience, 1750-1800, ed. Catherine E. Hutchins, pp. 283-311. Winterthur, DE: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1994. (F 158.44 .S48 1994)
  Forman, Benno M. American Seating Furniture 1630-1730. New York: W.W. Norton, 1988. (NK 2715 .F65 1988)
  Forman, Benno M. "The Chest of Drawers in America, 1635-1730: The Origins of the Joined Chest of Drawers." Winterthur Portfolio 20, no. 1 (Spring 1985): 1-30.
G   Goyne, Nancy A. "The Bureau Table in America." In Winterthur Portfolio 3, ed. Milo M. Naeve, pp. 24-36. Winterthur, DE: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1967.
    Greene, Jeffrey P. American Furniture of the 18th Century. Newtown, CT: Taunton Press, 1996. (NK 2406 G74 1996) [Great introduction to construction]
H   Heckscher, Morrison H. American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Museum: Random House, 1985. (NK 2405 .M47 1985)
  Heckscher, Morrison H. and Leslie Greene Bowman. American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992. (NK 1403.5 .H4 1992) [Excellent essays]
  Heckscher, Morrison H. "English Furniture Pattern Books in Eighteenth-Century America." In American Furniture 1994, ed. Luke Beckerdite, pp. 173-205. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Chipstone Foundation, 1994. (NK 2405 A54)
  Heckscher, Morrison H. "Philadelphia Furniture, 1760-90: Native Born and London-Trained Craftsmen. In The American Craftsman and the European Tradition, 1629-1820, Francis Puig and Michael Conforti, eds., pp 92-101. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England for the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1989. (NK 805 .A43 1989) [Excellent essay on Philadelphia furniture]
  Hood, Graham. "American or English Furniture? Some Choices in the 1760's." In American Furniture 1993, ed. Luke Beckerdite, pp. 117-146. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Chipstone Foundation, 1993. (NK 2405 A54)
    Hutchins, Catherine E., ed. Shaping a National Culture: The Philadelphia Experience, 1750-1800. Winterthur, DE: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1994. (F 158.44 .S48 1994)
J   Jobe, Brock W. "The Late Baroque in Colonial America: The Queen Anne Style." In American Furniture with Related Decorative Arts, 1660-1830: The Milwaukee Art Museum and the Layton Art Collection, ed. Gerald Ward, pp. 105-114. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1991. (NK 2406 .L38 1991)
    Jobe, Brock W. and Myrna Kaye. New England Furniture: The Colonial Era. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. (NK 2410 .J6 1984)
K   Keno, Leigh, Joan Barzilay Freund, and Alan Miller. "'The Very Pink of the Mode:' Boston Georgian Chairs, Their Export, and Their Influence." In American Furniture 1996, ed. Luke Beckerdite, pp. 267-306. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Chipstone Foundation, 1996. (NK 2405 A54) [Why our Newport chairs are now Boston chairs]
    Kirk, John T. American Chairs: Queen Anne and Chippendale. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. (NK 2715 .K5)
    Kirk, John T. American Furniture and the British Tradition to 1830. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. (NK 2406 .K55 1982) [Good comparisons of British and American furniture]
L   Lovell, Margaretta. "'Such Business as Will be Most Profitable': The Business of Cabinetmaking in Eighteenth-Century Newport," Winterthur Portfolio (Spring 1991): 27-62. [Interesting article]
M   Miller, Alan. "Roman Gusto in New England: An Eighteenth-Century Boston Furniture Designer and His Shop." In American Furniture 1993, ed. Luke Beckerdite, pp. 160-200. Milwaukee, WI: The Chipstone Foundation, 1993. (NK 2405 A54)
    Mussey, Robert and Anne Rogers Haley. "John Cogswell and Boston Bombé Furniture: Thirty-Five Years of Revolution in Politics and Design." In American Furniture 1994, ed. Luke Beckerdite, pp. 73-105. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Chipstone Foundation, 1994. (NK 2405 A54)
R   Randall, Richard H., Jr. "Designs for Philadelphia Carvers." In American Furniture 1996, ed. Luke Beckerdite, pp. 57-62. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Chipstone Foundation, 1996. (NK 2405 A54)
    Richards, Nancy E. and Nancy Goyne Evans. New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods. Winterthur, Delaware: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc., 1997. (NK 2410 .R5 1997)
    Rococo Art and Design in Hogarth's England. Victoria and Albert Museum, 1984.
    Roth, Rodris. "Tea Drinking in Eighteenth-Century America: Its Etiquette and Equipage." In Material Life in America, 1600-1860, ed. Robert St. George, pp. 439-462. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1988. (E 161 M36 1988) [Excellent article]
T   Tatum, George B. Philadelphia Georgian. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1976. (NA 707 .T37)
    Trent, Robert F. "The Early Baroque in Colonial America: The William and Mary Style." In American Furniture with Related Decorative Arts, 1660-1830: The Milwaukee Art Museum and the Layton Art Collection , ed. Gerald Ward, pp. 63-68. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1991. (NK 2406 .L38 1991)
    Trent, Robert F. "Furniture in the New World: The Seventeenth Century." In American Furniture with Related Decorative Arts, 1660-1830: The Milwaukee Art Museum and the Layton Art Collection , ed. Gerald Ward, pp. 23-28. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1991. (NK 2406 .L38 1991)
    Trent, Robert F. "Mid-Atlantic Easy Chairs, 1770-1820: Old Questions and New Evidence." In American Furniture 1993, ed. Luke Beckerdite, 1993, pp. 201-11. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Chipstone Foundation, 1993. (NK 2405 A54)
W   Weidman, Gregory R. Furniture in Maryland, 1740-1790: The Collection of the Maryland Historical Society. Baltimore: The Maryland Historical Society, 1984. (NK 2435 .M3 1984)
Z   Zimmerman, Philip. "Change and Persistance in Revolutionary America: American Chippendale." In American Furniture with Related Decorative Arts, 1660-1830: The Milwaukee Art Museum and the Layton Art Collection, ed. Gerald Ward, pp. 153-158. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1991. (NK 2406 .L38 1991)
    Zimmerman, Philip. "Workmanship as Evidence: A Model for Object Study." Winterthur Portfolio 16 (Winter 1981): 283-307.
     
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